A very famous song against meat eating. It worths dealing with ethics in food, but we think that these ethics must restricted in the wellfare of animals we use for food, to have a happy and free life in the fields and not to live in misery inside an industrialized hell.

Life in our planet is sustained by the loss of other lives, either animals or plants. Any time we eat, we must feel respectful to the form of life being killed but not guilty of murder. And we must take into acount that meat is not human's basic food but only supplementary in a mainly vegetarian diet.

01 June, 2010

In memory of the innocent victims of the fascist state of Israel who commits genocide in Gaza and to the innocent victims of the pirate murderous military assault on the ship to Gaza shipment of humanitarian help.

An Israeli bulldozer killed poor Rachel CorrieAs she stood in its path in the town of RafahShe lost her young life in an act of compassionTrying to protect the poor people of GazaWhose homes are destroyed by tank shells and bulldozersAnd whose plight is exploited by suicide bombersWho kill in the name of the people of GazaBut Rachel Corrie believed in non-violent resistancePut herself in harm's way as a shield of the peopleAnd paid with her life in a manner most brutal

But you who philosophise disgrace and criticise all fears,Take the rag away from your face.Now ain't the time for your tears.

Rachel Corrie had 23 yearsShe was born in the town of Olympia, WashingtonA skinny, messy, list-making chain-smokerWho volunteered to protect the Palestinian peopleWho had become non-persons in the eyes of the mediaSo that people were suffering and no one was seeingOr hearing or talking or caring or actingAnd the horrible math of the awful equationThat brought Rachel Corrie into this confrontationIs that the spilt blood of a single AmericanIs worth more than the blood of a hundred Palestinians

But you who philosophise disgrace and criticise all fears,Take the rag away from your face.Now ain't the time for your tears.

The artistic director of a New York theatreCancelled a play based on Rachel's writingsBut she wasn't a bomber or a killer or fighterBut one who acted in the spirit of the Freedom RidersIs there no place for a voice in AmericaThat doesn't conform to the Fox News agenda?Who believes in non-violence instead of brute forceWho is willing to confront the might of an armyWhose passionate beliefs were matched by her braveryThe question she asked rings out round the worldIf America is truly the beacon of freedomThen how can it stand by while they bring down the curtainAnd turn Rachel Corrie into a non-person?

Oh, but you who philosophise disgrace and criticise all fears,Bury the rag deep in your faceFor now's the time for your tears.

Rachel Corrie went to Gaza to draw attention to the plight of the Palestinians, whose voice is seldom heard in her country, the US. That she herself should be silenced -- first by an Israeli bulldozer, next by a New York theatre cancelling a play created from her words -- is a testimony to the power of her message. This song was written on a plane on March 20 and recorded at Big Sky Recordings, Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 22. The tune is borrowed from Bob Dylan.

You can hear this song in youtube and you can download it for free HERE, where is the site the lyrics and other information were obtained.

about us

We live in Thessaloniki, Greece and we are members of the ecological movement of the city, critical supporters of the European Greens and of course rock music fans. We created this blog with the ambition to collect as many lyrics of rock music songs that refer to ecology and environment as possible. We also put link for direct listening when this is possible.We prefer to add our comments to each song (about their history, their content, their connection to related ecological movements or ecological thought currents and so on) but we also cite widely accepted comments from places like wikipedia or allmusic, to support our views.
We would apreciate (in fact we encourage!) any visitor who has something more to say, or to add forgotten or not so popular lyrics, or to report broken ling for direct listening of a song. We also welcome comments on the proposed connections of the lyrics with the various aspects of ecological thought. We've made a start with the decade of 60s and we try to cover any decade of rock history.